---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000014707-25-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAL"
cik: "0000014707"
company_name: "CALERES INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T08:16:45.271598+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caleres Q2 EPS $0.20 ($0.35 adj); sales $658.5M, down 3.6%; acquires Stuart Weitzman

## Summary
- Consolidated sales $658.5M (-3.6% YoY); reported EPS $0.20, adjusted EPS $0.35 (both incl. $0.07 discrete tax benefit).
- Famous Footwear sales -4.9%, comps -3.4%; Brand Portfolio sales -3.5%. Gross margin 43.4% (-210bps).
- Achieved $15M annualized cost savings; amended credit facility extended to June 2030 with $700M capacity.
- Completed Stuart Weitzman acquisition after Q2; fiscal 2025 annual guidance suspended.
- August trends: Famous Footwear comps +1%, Brand Portfolio ex-Stuart Weitzman up low-single digits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000014707-25-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAL
- cik: 0000014707
- company_name: CALERES INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470725000053/0000014707-25-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/14707/000001470725000053/cal-20250904x8k.htm

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